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The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa
Academics needed to urgently move to remote working from their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop new ways of teaching and research, to ensure the continuity of the academic project. The purpose of the study was to explore this experience during this uncertain time. Using an interpretiv...
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| description | Academics needed to urgently move to remote working from their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop new ways of teaching and research, to ensure the continuity of the academic project. The purpose of the study was to explore this experience during this uncertain time. Using an interpretive research design, fifteen in-depth semi structured interviews were conducted with academics at a South African university. Following the COVID-19 rules and regulations, all interviews were conducted virtually using Microsoft Teams. Thematic analyses of the data yielded four key themes: (1) Managing work-family boundaries, (2) Exhaustion and institutional support, (3) Remote work as a transition exercise, and (4) The balance between greater flexibility and loss of human interaction. Implications for universities in retaining academics and future research ideas are presented. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/36928 The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa Zwelibanzi, Thembakazi Jaga, Ameeta Boundary theory academics work-family balance work-family conflict COVID-19 remote working Academics needed to urgently move to remote working from their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop new ways of teaching and research, to ensure the continuity of the academic project. The purpose of the study was to explore this experience during this uncertain time. Using an interpretive research design, fifteen in-depth semi structured interviews were conducted with academics at a South African university. Following the COVID-19 rules and regulations, all interviews were conducted virtually using Microsoft Teams. Thematic analyses of the data yielded four key themes: (1) Managing work-family boundaries, (2) Exhaustion and institutional support, (3) Remote work as a transition exercise, and (4) The balance between greater flexibility and loss of human interaction. Implications for universities in retaining academics and future research ideas are presented. 2023-02-21T11:55:51Z 2023-02-21T11:55:51Z 2022 2023-02-21T07:34:06Z Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36928 eng application/pdf School of Management Studies Faculty of Commerce |
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| title | The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa |
| title_full | The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa |
| title_short | The experiences of academics working remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa |
| title_sort | experiences of academics working remotely during the covid 19 pandemic in south africa |
| topic | Boundary theory academics work-family balance work-family conflict COVID-19 remote working |
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